Malcolm Gladwell won’t make up his mind | More with Anna Maria Tremonti

Malcolm Gladwell is known for turning assumptions on their head, and looking at situations from a different point of view. In this chat recorded before COVID-19, the journalist and podcaster speaks to Anna Maria Tremonti about the importance of changing our minds. The good news is he’s hopeful about our ability to do so. In fact, Gladwell believes closed-minded dogmatists are the real outliers. “Most people are actually open to new interpretations - surprisingly so.” In a season finale that goes down many rabbit holes, Gladwell reveals why he’s rapidly losing interest in print; where he gets his best ideas; why overconfident people may be more dangerous than ignorant ones; and why people reacting with a “huh” is the ultimate compliment.
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[@martinglynn3171]

I just heard journalism Brilliance from 23 00 Bravo Anna Maria!!! Keep up the good work

[@askbob2009]

always good stuff...should be required listening

[@buckeye200175]

Why Malcolm Gladwell is an ...Outlier The importance of stubbornness , obsessiveness , leads you to talking to strangers , to find out what the dog saw , while others blink , allows you reach the tipping point , enabling you to be a David and slay a Goliath and become an outlier . Sent from my iPad

[@dominique1773]

Love this one with MG.

[@hankbenson7535]

This ran almost a year ago.Since then, concerns about Big Tech deplatforming and silencing the exponents of certain views have grown a lot. Has MG weighed in on this this subject?

[@dominique1773]

Would be great if he taught journalism or writing? Unique mind.

[@SheylaM]

He has a Masterclass on Writing :)

[@ekaberdzenishvili]

Actually Pushkin had the same curly hair as Malcolm :)))

[@kukutis1]

Contraception is complicated. Maybe we need to do a systematic reexamination of our position on the subject? Are we parroting a line?

[@annetteyoutube742]

10:39 'What makes you think this way?' 11:40 MG: 'I think it's relatively normal for humans to think this way.' Me: I think *most* humans do not think outside-the-box because: 1) if it ain't broke, why fix it (unconscious survival thinking) 2) it'll take too much energy to change (conscious lazy thinking) 3) if what I've been doing has worked so far, why change now? (Trump's thinking, lol) Me: For humans who do think outside-the-box: --> these are the humans who have survived because they were able to think of new ways to do things when they had no other options. I think true entrepreneurial minds think more easily about new ideas. Many farmers are included in this, as they must be creative when problem-solving without having all the required parts.

[@snowball0000]

As well zero e err we are s ere was e ETA really Y e r Yes a

[@andybaldman]

10:15 "Incompetent people never rise to prominent positions." Perhaps Malcolm has forgotten what it's like to have a boss or manager. There are entire books written on why people fail upwards. I'm surprised he'd say something so flatly incorrect.

[@nelsonang]

maybe that’s overconfidence?

[@austinckocher]

Stopped listening around minute 1 so I wouldn't have to listen to that drooling introduction of Malcolm Gladwell. Have some self-respect, podcasters.

[@intuitionz1198]

lol so you took the time to write a paragraph about it, instead of taking the time to learn how to use the player functions. BRILLIANT! 🤣

[@annetteyoutube742]

@@intuitionz1198 .... hahahaha! I was gonna write the same thing: @Austin Kocher, simply change the video speed at "Playback speed". I set it at 2x until the interview officially started ;=)